The National media is OBSESSED since we won the Lombardi

**esmd** · 02-11-2013, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by pslholder96

Okay. Dumb question but exactly where does Peter King MMQ blog reside now? I think cnnsports has changed to the Bleacher report?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...?sct=uk_t11_a0

**esmd** · 02-11-2013, 11:28 AM

Very lazy reporting by King. The quotes he referenced were made in response to releasing older veterans like they did with Heap, Mason, and Gregg a couple years back. They had nothing to do with the Flacco negotiations, a franchise QB in his prime. He's putting 2 & 2 together and getting 10. I emailed him and told him as much. Just terrible reporting, and not up to his usual standards (I generally like reading his work).

As for Boomer, fuck him. The courtroom transcripts are public record. If he has an issue, he should read it (I'd bet he never has) and point out any issues he may have with the testimony. But he won't because he's fucking lazy.

**moose10101** · 02-11-2013, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by esmd

As for Boomer, fuck him. The courtroom transcripts are public record. If he has an issue, he should read it (I'd bet he never has) and point out any issues he may have with the testimony. But he won't because he's fucking lazy.

He thinks being controversial will save his job, which he's lousy at. It's time for CBS to take out the trash.

**Strange Bru** · 02-11-2013, 11:37 AM

I agree that Williams should get fined, since it's too late to do anything else.
As for the Ray Lewis incident, I gave up trying to defend what did or didn't happen 3-4 years ago. Haters are going to hate, and idiots just aren't going to allow themselves to be educated. Anyone who perpetrated such a heinous act could not go 10 or more years without committing another similar act, Steelers fans love when I say, look at Ben Roethlisberger.

**Baltimoreboy** · 02-11-2013, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by NCRAVEN

Not to debate semantics but the ref didn't go on his ass. Ngata pulled Bohger out of that pile. He touched an official too, intentionally I might add.

Boger was glad it happened.
On sound FX Boger mentions that a player helped him out.
That brings up something that's kinda overlooked.
Sure looks like Bruce Miller is the one that gave Boger a shove and knocked him back.

**esmd** · 02-11-2013, 11:42 AM

Oh, P.S.

As for Williams, by all rights he should've been ejected. It would've sucked, and might've cost us the win, but I don't think anyone could argue against it if he had been, let alone penalized. But it is what it is. The refs, to their credit, cut both teams a lot of slack both during and between plays. Probably too much in Cary's case, but it is what it is. FWI, there is precedent, as I believe Cam Newton made contact with a ref this season and wasn't ejected. I think he might've been penalized, though. Either way, I still wouldn't have complained if he'd been tossed, and I definitely think he should've been fined. Terrible precedent by the NFL. I also wasn't thrilled with Williams' post-game comments on it. The quotes I saw were pretty unapologetic. At least Newton apologized to the ref directly during the game, and publicly afterwards, and it seemed like a genuine apology.

**esmd** · 02-11-2013, 11:44 AM

Yeah, like I said, the refs gave them a lot of leeway, on both sides. That scrum could've had several players tossed, Williams included. Great job by Ngata there, and Harbs too, which we all saw on Sound FX.

**JAB1985** · 02-11-2013, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Baltimoreboy

Boger was glad it happened.
On sound FX Boger mentions that a player helped him out.
That brings up something that's kinda overlooked.
Sure looks like Bruce Miller is the one that gave Boger a shove and knocked him back.

so youre saying the media and 49ers fans are hypocritical?... consider me shocked.

**Ravens75** · 02-11-2013, 11:56 AM

I disagree, the Ravens have been getting a lot of positive press for over a week now.

They are being celebrated as much as any recent SB champion.

**Uli2001** · 02-11-2013, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by HoustonRaven

He's right though about Williams, IMO. Williams should have been ejected and it sets a terrible precedent that he's not getting fined and / or suspended. You simply cannot touch a ref. Period. It's all well and good he didn't know that was a ref he was shoving, but that's a mitigating factor once punishment is handed down.

You are swallowing line, sink and hook the argument made by the opposition on this call. No, Williams should not have been ejected or fined. Contact with refs happens all the time in pile situations. We have seen it time and again. Refs are trained to understand that. How could it be any different if refs are going to be allowed to dive into piles to determine possession or break up fights?

**NC Raven** · 02-11-2013, 12:16 PM

One guy pops off about Ray and it's a media frenzy? Come on. Boomer is on the radio in NYC IIRC. He has to stir up some noise to get heard. If people respond, they keep saying it. Very simple. Just like on slow days you'll hear some dork on sports radio asking if Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. Just something to fill air time in the offseason.

As for Cary, you don't hit or make contact with officials, period. The league saw fit to levy no punishment, and heaven knows, Goodell hasn't ever been shy about that, so clearly they must not have thought there was anything to it.

**HoustonRaven** · 02-11-2013, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Uli2001

You are swallowing line, sink and hook the argument made by the opposition on this call. No, Williams should not have been ejected or fined. Contact with refs happens all the time in pile situations. We have seen it time and again. Refs are trained to understand that. How could it be any different if refs are going to be allowed to dive into piles to determine possession or break up fights?

Williams stood up and with both hands, shoved the official. That's a FAR cry from the occasional bumping that occurs when a scrum breaks out or when, as you put it, officials dive into piles.

This is the first time I've heard anyone defend Williams this much so I don't think my analysis is far off the mark.

**alienrace** · 02-11-2013, 12:26 PM

I thought Williams should have been ejected. Bruce Miller as well. And whoever tore Carey's helmet off should have been too.

**pslholder96** · 02-11-2013, 12:35 PM

I was at the game and I thought for sure Williams would get ejected but kudos to the refs for letting the players play. When I refs let that one go it was obvious how they intended to officiate the rest of the game.

**Ravenswintitle** · 02-11-2013, 12:41 PM

As soon as he pushed the ref I said "OMG he's going to get ejected". As noted above, the refs knew this was the SB and they didn't want to influence the outcome. They let both teams get away with a little bit and I think, did a very good job of not being the deciding factor.

**festivus** · 02-11-2013, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

As soon as he pushed the ref I said "OMG he's going to get ejected". As noted above, the refs knew this was the SB and they didn't want to influence the outcome. They let both teams get away with a little bit and I think, did a very good job of not being the deciding factor.

I thought the officiating was very good. The refs let both teams play a physical game and called it consistently throughout. I think all their calls were fine, all their non-calls were fine, and I don't normally think that after a game.

**Bl1tz** · 02-11-2013, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by HoustonRaven

King's take yesterday on Flacco is silly. He, like the other members of the football media, need something to write about and players whose contracts are about to expire are their focus right now.

now now, why would you ever accuse the media of doing such a thing

**Real Fan Dan** · 02-11-2013, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by alienrace

Boomer has hated the Ravens since 2000, after the game with the Bengals where we supposedly "ran up" the score against his good friend Bruce Coslet. He went on a massive tirade in the post game show about Billick and the Ravens. Since then he's pretty much hated us and can't let it go.

Years ago I met two ladies at a party who claimed that they dated him when he played for Maryland. They said he was a prick and a womanizer and couldn't gain an erection. They said that shame haunts him and so he takes it out on the Ravens.

I can't vouch for the validity of the story but they told it to the whole room with straight faces lol.

**steelerhater** · 02-11-2013, 02:34 PM

I wonder if they saw the obvious pass-interference that wasn't called on the guy covering Torrey Smith on the long pass from Flacco in the 1st quarter. The announcers couldn't believe that it wasn't called. If smith wasn't interfered with on that play, it's a touchdown.

**MD Boy** · 02-11-2013, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Real Fan Dan

Years ago I met two ladies at a party who claimed that they dated him when he played for Maryland. They said he was a prick and a womanizer and couldn't gain an erection. They said that shame haunts him and so he takes it out on the Ravens.

I can't vouch for the validity of the story but they told it to the whole room with straight faces lol.

Welp...After reading your post, thus having now read the said story on the internet....It must be true. Right?